Cool pics of urban exploring, abandoned machines and stuff

[T89 Callan]

BigS said:

Kit80 said:

BigS said:

Kit80 said:

Tried to steal some abandonded tanks at the weekend. Was a bit difficult with lack of engine but the turrety bit still went round

pics

Also got to see the JCB Graveyard I mentioned earlier in thread was excellent but not allowed to post pics

Hmmm, a PT-76 if I'm not mistaken

Kit80 said:

Was RAF Upwood, I have bexed the buildings previously but just played with the tanks this weekend

Tanks? There's more?

Edited by BigS on Thursday 8th April 09:53

I got told it was a BMP7 (IIRC) But i am no expert. It was definitely Russian is all I can say! Havent quite worked out why Russian tanks would me on a MOD/USAF site.

And yep there was two, both the same at the base in different places. But in different conditions, one we could get in the main hatch, the 2nd we could only get in via the drivers viewing bit (full of technical terms me)

Wikipedia has the answer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pt76
They're amphibious too, or were, that one doesn't look like it'll be able to do much of anything.
I can't think why they'd be on an RAF site, that wikipedia page says that the US used some for training

wikipedia said:

United States of America

* The PT-76 was used by the US Army for OpFor training. They were modified in a number of ways including the replacement of the engine with a caterpillar diesel engine, changing the turret hatch to a rear hinged arrangement and the fitting of US radios and antennae mounts. Due to the new engines different exhaust arrangements, the exhausts were rerouted to use the water-jet ports rather than the original engine exhaust.

but given that the hatch hinges forward, I'm guessing it's not one of them.
Has the base been used for anything since the MoD left?
I remember seeing an engineless T-34 for sale in a local paper a few years ago and that had been used by a paintballing place.

They were defintely not American, the markings on the dials and swithes would sugest Russian.

The one I.... ahem.... took was "Voda <------> Kopno"

[BigS]

T89 Callan said:

BigS said:

Kit80 said:

BigS said:

Kit80 said:

Tried to steal some abandonded tanks at the weekend. Was a bit difficult with lack of engine but the turrety bit still went round

pics

Also got to see the JCB Graveyard I mentioned earlier in thread was excellent but not allowed to post pics

Hmmm, a PT-76 if I'm not mistaken

Kit80 said:

Was RAF Upwood, I have bexed the buildings previously but just played with the tanks this weekend

Tanks? There's more?

Edited by BigS on Thursday 8th April 09:53

I got told it was a BMP7 (IIRC) But i am no expert. It was definitely Russian is all I can say! Havent quite worked out why Russian tanks would me on a MOD/USAF site.

And yep there was two, both the same at the base in different places. But in different conditions, one we could get in the main hatch, the 2nd we could only get in via the drivers viewing bit (full of technical terms me)

Wikipedia has the answer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pt76
They're amphibious too, or were, that one doesn't look like it'll be able to do much of anything.
I can't think why they'd be on an RAF site, that wikipedia page says that the US used some for training

wikipedia said:

United States of America

* The PT-76 was used by the US Army for OpFor training. They were modified in a number of ways including the replacement of the engine with a caterpillar diesel engine, changing the turret hatch to a rear hinged arrangement and the fitting of US radios and antennae mounts. Due to the new engines different exhaust arrangements, the exhausts were rerouted to use the water-jet ports rather than the original engine exhaust.

but given that the hatch hinges forward, I'm guessing it's not one of them.
Has the base been used for anything since the MoD left?
I remember seeing an engineless T-34 for sale in a local paper a few years ago and that had been used by a paintballing place.

They were defintely not American, the markings on the dials and swithes would sugest Russian.

The one I.... ahem.... took was "Voda <------> Kopno"

I suspect that the ones the Americans had were captured in Vietnam, the Russians wouldn't have been very likely to have sold them any in the middle of the Cold War

[tuffer]

Well its been quite a few years since the end of the cold war and once the Eastern Bloc started to fall apart a lot of this stuff was available on the open market. Also, a lot was bought back after the first Gulf war, most Military training areas are littered with the stuff.

[chevronb37]

andy400 said:

Lastinclass said:

Where is that?

Sarajevo, BiH.

There's a bit motorway between Chester and Ellesmere Port, IIRC, which kind of just ends/starts as if they meant to carry on at a later date but never got round to it. It is joined or left from slip roads, as if a junction rather than the end of the motorway. Anyone know where I mean?

Might be the end of the M56. You just come to a roundabout slightly abruptly. They've recently built some new dual carriageway round that way to bypass Deeside.

[OliverTwist]

Dave_ITR seen them before on 28 days later

[M3John]

Some absolutely fantastic pictures and stories on here chaps. I spent around 2 hours in work yesterday looking through it all.

I've a friend of mine that does a bit of Urban Exploring so i'll try and get some pictures off him to post up on here at some point.

[Prince Rupert]

I just spent a couple of hours lookign through this thread, totally absorbing. I find the whole idea of dereliction fascinating but i'm not quite sure why! I get a really odd but addictive feeling inside, this feeling in strongest with the more recent buildings which are now derelict of those which have previously been particulalry grandiose or would have been very busy. I'm also fascinated by the idea that in each case the most recent owners must have decided we don't want to be here anymore and simply packed up and left a perfectly opperable building. Amazing for example that the lying saucer monument was new in the 80's but is now demolished, similarly the 80's winter olympics stuff. Anyone interested in more modern stuff that is derelict should look up abandoned leisure centre behind Buckmore Park kart track in Kent (google buckmore park derelict). This was build this millenium with lottery money and closed I think in 04 for financial reasons. Odd to see such a modern property derelict.

Edited by Prince Rupert on Monday 12th April 17:45

[Prince Rupert]

Also just googled the UFO Mcdonalds (previously called Megatron). It opened in 1990 and was pulled down in 08 having been derelict for some years. On a car orientated note, Evo mag did a feature on the old derelict 1990's bugatti factory which was very interesting and gave me the same feelings. Would LOVE to visit that place!

[HereBeMonsters]

Has anyone managed to get in to the old John Lewis in Southampton do you know?

[Dr Imran T]

Taken on my camera phone

[hidetheelephants]

Rather a sad looking North American F100 Super Sabre; where's that then? Are those froggy markings?

[BigS]

Italian I think

[llewop]

[Dr Imran T]

hidetheelephants said:

Rather a sad looking North American F100 Super Sabre; where's that then? Are those froggy markings?

They are in Kent. I believe I spotted them on the way to Pluckley one afternoon

[boomboompow]

I felt rather sad when I read this today; I have a strange affection toward 747s and always feel a twinge of sorrow when you see hundreds of them lined up, disused and waiting on airfields to be chopped up

[Sixpackpert]

boomboompow said:

I felt rather sad when I read this today; I have a strange affection toward 747s and always feel a twinge of sorrow when you see hundreds of them lined up, disused and waiting on airfields to be chopped up

Daily Wail says: "The gigantic 174,000 kg mass was reduced to a mountain of sheet metal by an excavator on wheels."

[pedant mode on]Those excavators are on tracks[/pedant mode off]

[GTIR]

Had a few minutes looking at these this week. They are near Luton airport and both houses are quite ruined. Lovely!






Not sure why there's a ice cream fridge inside!



This is the second house, it has the fence all the way round but you ca get in. Its big.

Here it is on Google

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

Edited by GTIR on Friday 11th June 14:31

[...Mole...]

I have been getting into urban exploring quite a bit in the past month, done afew interesting places in Aberdeenshire. Glen o Dee hospital, Westhall Castle,old BP North Sea Headquarters , Richards Textile mill and the Grampian Council Emergency Bunker thats under Tertowie House.

Ill dig some pictures out later

Westhall -

Edited by ...Mole... on Friday 11th June 15:43

[Summertime]

Did this years ago Raf goldsborough

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.ph...

[...Mole...]

BP offices